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[–] mannycalavera@feddit.uk 3 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Barely born in the UK,

Wow! Just wow!

We still have a long way to go. Disgraceful.

[–] Skullgrid@lemmy.world -2 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

Olukemi Olufunto "Kemi" Adegoke was born on 2 January 1980 in Wimbledon, London.[14] Her mother Feyi had travelled from Nigeria to the United Kingdom for medical treatment, and gave birth in St Teresa's Maternity Hospital. This was before the British Nationality Act 1981 abolished automatic birthright citizenship for those born in the UK; Feyi then returned to Nigeria shortly after Olukemi was born.[15][16][17][18] In later interviews, Badenoch denied claims she was an "anchor baby" and asserted that her family did not know she was in fact eligible for a British passport until she was a teenager

So, she was born in the UK, ONE YEAR before the British Nationality act was abolished, got birthright citizenship, and then left basically after she was born. That's what my statement means. Also, she would do the opposite of bringing that kind of thing back.

Now, you may be thinking that I'm saying this as a racist right winger. That's not the case at all. I hate these "pull up the ladder behind them" , "tough on immigration" ethnic minorities who stop just short of deporting their own families because they turn against us, the other ethnic minorities.

I grew up in London with many other ethnic people with roots from all over the world. The Olukemis and the Rishis simply exist to fuck us over and try to get special treatment from the racists and try to get theirs while making our lives worse.

So pointing out that irony crudely is how I choose to deal with it.

I would love to see her be asked "how do you feel when you hear white conservatives use the "N" word near you?" just to see the bottled up feelings she has to hide to succeed come bubbling up and tear her rotten, withered heart to pieces.

[–] mannycalavera@feddit.uk 1 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Now, you may be thinking that I'm saying this as a racist right winger

Indeed. The language you're choosing to use, the spurious arguments your choosing to push are dog whistles to racists.

Remind me of Trump's language in claiming Obama's citizenship. Pretty disgusting.

[–] Skullgrid@lemmy.world 1 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

Right, but the thing is, these people are holding the general population to standards they themselves can't uphold. A black woman shouldn't be banging on about woke, DEI or political correctness gone mad, when those are the tools others use to hurt her and people like her.

So showing that she's a hypocrite means you have to point out the shit that she herself lacks

EDIT : I don't know what to do but point out the irony of a person with african heritage , who grew up in africa saying "send them back to africa"

EDIT2 : And who willingly served under Prime Minister Boris "tribal warriors will all break out in watermelon smiles" Johnson

[–] mannycalavera@feddit.uk 1 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Maybe don't be so obsessed with her skin colour? It comes across badly.

[–] Skullgrid@lemmy.world 1 points 2 weeks ago

it's her migratory status and hypocracy